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Choosing a Windows 7 Version: Home, Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate

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what Windows 7 version is right for you?

Windows Vista users, your long-overdue reprieve has finally arrived: Today you can walk into your local software retailer and pick up your very own copy of Windows 7.  The days of constant crashes, long boot times and endless updates are finally over – but not without a quite literal price.  Microsoft expects you to pay the piper for its new OS, and just as with Vista, you’ll need to choose which version suits you best.  We chat with tech analyst and writer Rob Enderle to find out how to choose the version you need.  Read more...

Speed up your PC’s Performance for Free

Task Manager Screenshot

Task Manager Screenshot

There are two ways of making your PC run faster: You can spend money upgrading to new components (buying a faster videocard, more memory, or maybe even a more advanced CPU), or you can follow our guidance and invest a little of your time instead of your greenbacks and tune up your computer for free.

Besides, spending money on an old machine isn’t always a good investment. Plugging a spendy new videocard into a system with an aging CPU, for instance, is akin to bolting a supercharger to the engine of an old Chevy Chevette: It won’t matter how fast the card is if the rest of an outdated system leaves it starving for data.
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How to Upgrade your Laptop

Laptop RAM Upgrade

The old axiom that you can’t upgrade a laptop has never been less true. Sure, your nay-saying, desktop-bound friends who repeat it have a basic kernel of truth in their favor – the core guts of a mobile machine are pretty much set in stone. But if you’re not looking to completely revamp a computer (which can hardly be called an upgrade anyway), aftermarket manufacturers have found plenty of clever ways to skirt the issue of expandability, and slap new parts onto your aging laptop, giving it new functionality that may not have even been possible when it was built. So if your $2,000 wonder machine from three years ago doesn’t seem quite so wondrous any more, but another two grand for a new model isn’t in the budget at the moment, here are some inexpensive ways to hop up the old girl and get her running like never before.  Read more...

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